New In Theaters: March 14th

Posted on March 13, 2008  | Filed Under New in Theaters

Paranoid ParkThe latest from gay filmmaker Gus Van Sant, PARANOID PARK exists in a world of “throwaway kids” who are into skateboarding above all else. Paranoid Park in Portland Oregon is a homemade boarding facility popular with the sport’s more renegade practitioners. At the center of the tale is Alex (Gabe Nevins), a good-looking, shaggy-haired 16-year-old who is variously seen writing in a diary and watching, more than participating in, skateboarding, at which he feels he’s not that good. A security guard has been run over in the rail yards nearby and foul play is suspected. Alex is soon a suspect. With a soundtrack that features songs from Nino Rota, and cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li, the film was cast with actors found through MySpace. Opens March 14, 2008 at the Bridge in San Francisco, Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose. PARANOID PARK, an IFC First Cut release, runs 78 minutes, is in English and is not MPAA rated.Girls RockAmerican girls are struggling with a bewildering and heartbreaking array of challenges to their self-image. Everything from eating disorders to drugs to sexual harassment makes girlhood a virtual battlefield. But Portland Oregon’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls is a place where 8-18 year olds come from all over the country to learn Rock DIY-style–forming bands, writing songs and building community. In the words of former Camp Assistant Director Jen Agosta, “it is 100% ok to be exactly who you are.” GIRLS ROCK! follows four campers: Laura, an articulate adopted Korean girl from Oklahoma obsessed with death metal; Misty, who is emerging from a life of meth addiction, homelessness and gang activity; Palace, a sweet-seeming 8-year-old with a heavy metal sneer and “rawk” heart, and Amelia, another 8-year-old, who’s writing a 14 song cycle about her Chihuahua Pippi and loves “crazy noise music.” Forming bands, writing songs and playing a gig in one week, these girls and the rest of the campers engage in an experiment meant to change their perception of themselves and each other. Backed with the driving sounds of notable female rockers — from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon to Veruca Salt – GIRLS ROCK! discovers the act of picking up a guitar and making noise can still become a truly personal act. In Limited Release.Lagerfeld ConfidentialTwo years in the making and honed out of 200 hours of digital and Super8 footage, LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL offers an unprecedented look at the number one man at Chanel. The perpetually pony-tailed designer, who is obviously one of the most powerful figures in the fashion biz, is observed preparing and running catwalk shows, sketching designs for dresses, taking photographs of models (including actress Nicole Kidman) and interacting regally with an endless procession of slightly nervous looking underlings. Snippets from a face-to-face sit down interview with the filmmaker are interspersed throughout the film — in which Lagerfeld talks about his formidable-sounding mother, his love life and work. Opens March 14, 2008 at the Roxie Cinemas in San Francisco. LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL, a Koch Lorber Films release, runs 89 minutes, is in French and English and is not MPAA rated.



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